A LIFE OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

OTHER WORKS ON SHAKESPEARE

SHAKSPERE'S

PREDECESSORS IN

ENGLISH DRAMA. By J. A. Symonds.

THE

SHAKESPEARE AND HIS PREDECESSORS. By F. S. Boas.

SHAKESPEARE AND HIS FELLOWS.

By the Rt. Hon. D. H. Madden.

ESSAYS ON SHAKESPEARE.
By Sir Spenser St. John.

SHAKESPEARE-PLAYER, PLAYMAKER AND
POET. By the Very Rev. H. C. Beeching.

SELECTED PLAYS. Abridged for the use of the young. By S. Brandram.

SHAKESPEARE IN TIME OF WAR.
By Francis Colmer.

HAMLET. A New Commentary. With a Chapter on First Principles. By W. F. Trench.

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